@emmett grogan,
But . . . but . . . but . . . don't you understand? A football program is of far greater importance than justice for rape victims -- regardless if the perpetrator is a coach or one or more players. [sarcasm definitely intended]
The Penn State students who rioted were upset -- not because Sandusky had been raping young boys for years, but because their little god JoePa had just been fired! By the way, I wonder how many of the Penn State victims have received death threats from fans who, to put it mildly, should know better. As a matter of fact, one of the victims was "outed" by his high-school coach during his senior year. (A grandmother of one of the Penn State football players reacted by walking up to the mother of the victim and telling her, "Now my grandson's football team is going to lose, and it's all your son's fault!" Hey, whatever happened to empathy and compassion, not to mention having a sense of justice?) Many of his classmates blamed him for the downfall of their "hero" Joe Paterno from the top of his pedestal. He was bullied so badly that he had to drop out of school before his graduation. Neither Franco Harris nor any former Penn State football player of his stature came out in defense of this victim.
How any decent person can admire Joe Paterno or any of the other pathetic individuals in this sordid scandal is beyond me. The answer? It's simple: Football is a sacred god.